Aleksandar Katai

Vojvodina

Katai started playing football for his hometown club FK Vojvodina youth squad. After a six- month loan to lower league team FK Palić at the start of 2009–10 season, he was promoted to Vojvodina's first team. His debut in Serbian SuperLiga was on 14 March 2010, when he came in as substitute against FK Čukarički, and he scored his first goal just seven days later in a match against Mladi Radnik. On 28 June 2011, he left FK Vojvodina and went to Athens to join Olympiacos.

Olympiacos

On 24 June 2011, Olympiacos agreed to sign Katai on a four-year contract. At his first trainings with the club, coach Ernesto Valverde told Katai that he did not defend enough and that he needed to improve as a player. Katai did not play a single match for Olympiacos, but was instead sent on loan four times. He was first loaned to OFI, with whom he made his debut on 5 November 2011, against Panionios. The loan spell to Crete was unsuccessful, and so Olympiacos loaned him back to his hometown club FK Vojvodina. While on loan at Vojvodina, in 2012 after one game with Spartak Subotica, he fell very ill and was admitted to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with thrombocytopenia. He had to have some blood removed, and stayed in the hospital for two weeks before he was allowed to finish his recovery from home. During his recovery, he gained over 20 pounds, and he did not return to play football until the end of the year. He remained a loaned player for Vojvodina until the…

Katai played two games for Serbia U21 national team. He made his debut for Serbia in a 4–1 friendly loss to the Czech Republic on 13 November 2015. He earned a total of 10 caps (no goals) and his final international was a November 2020 European Championship qualification match against Scotland.

Club

As of match played 10 September 2026

International

As of 16 November 2025

Scores and results list Serbia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Katai goal.

Born in Srbobran, a village in northern Serbia, his paternal grandfather was of Ukrainian origin and his grandmother was Hungarian. His surname is Hungarian, adopted from his grandmother.